List of Sports articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If you weren’t pissed off at the NFL by now, you will be when you read this
You know all those “salute to the troops” stuff thrown up on football scoreboards? It turns out that the NFL charges for at least some of them. And we’re the chumps footing the bill.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Curt Schilling and 9 Other Professional Athletes Who Felt the Need to Comment on Politics
Former MLB star Curt Schilling posted controversial tweets about Muslims Tuesday. But he's not the only professional sports star who's dabbled in provocative topics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 American Strongman Roy Jones Jr. Asks Russian Strongman Vladimir Putin for Citizenship
American boxer Roy Jones Jr. asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russian citizenship. Putin said yes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ravens Coach John Harbaugh Goes Trump With Call for U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh backs Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Did the Beijing Olympic Song Rip off Disney’s ‘Let It Go’? We Asked Science.
A computer scientist examines the similarities between the Disney hit and a promotional song for Beijing's Winter Olympics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Wins the Olympics That Almost No One Else Wanted
The 2022 Winter Olympics go to Beijing in one of the strangest bid processes in history.
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GettyImages-80477129crop Kazakhstan Can’t Get No Respect
But can it get the 2022 Olympics?
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GettyImages-481383666crop Comedian Showers Sepp Blatter in Cash for North Korea’s 2026 World Cup Bid
An artful interpretation of how bribe-taking happens at world soccer's governing body.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If Only the World Could Fail Like Americans Do
Crises from the EU to China to the Middle East might become opportunities for bigger wins tomorrow.
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TDF_1 Once Upon a Time: Scandal on the Tour de France
The legendary race’s long history of thugs, drugs, and cheating.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Snap Poll: Is a Soccer Scandal More Scandalous If It Involves Putin?
We asked scholars about the FIFA indictments, how Europe is managing its migration crisis, and if it's time to give up on Greece.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 FIFA’s $32 Million Biopic Performed About as Well as Its Anti-Corruption Rules
FIFA spent upwards of $30 million to make a biopic. It made $918 in the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Post-Soviet Azerbaijan, PR Does You
The European Games open today in Azerbaijan, whose authoritarian leader has conceived of the event to boost the country's international profile.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 GCC: Middle East Journalists Need to Counter U.S. Anti-Qatar Propaganda
The Gulf Cooperation Council wants journalists in its region to push back against Western reports about the Qatari World Cup.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 FIFA Says It Will Delay Vote for 2026 World Cup Amid Corruption Scandal
FIFA's secretary general also defended himself against allegations of corruption.
